On February 14, 2025, National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel William Cowen issued Memorandum 25-05, rescinding more than a dozen policy memos issued by his predecessor.
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week.
Littler is tracking every order, analyzing its impact, and providing summaries to help you understand the changes and the implications to your business.
The Department of Labor now takes the position that employers have a fiduciary duty to ensure adequate cybersecurity, including for plan data and assets held by service providers.
As of February 4, 2025, the New York Senate and Assembly approved a Chapter amendment to the Retail Worker Safety Act, a law that has drawn much attention and caused consternation among employers, legal practitioners, and lawmakers.
In the latest slew of executive orders affecting educational institutions, on February 5, 2025, President Trump signed an order titled, “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario dismissed an application alleging that a job posting stating the successful candidate would be a “qualified woman” constituted discrimination in employment contrary to Ontario’s Human Rights Code.
The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week.
